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That, you are not on message, right? >> true. its a tactical set-back for newt. given nancy pelosis history on the issue of her protest or approval of the interrogation by the c.i.a. at the time, in which her voracity was not something you would admire, im not sure i believe a word of this. i think its a bluff on her part. in fact, i think if there is anything it would be so much in the weeds, probably have zero effect anyway. i think gingrich has other issues. i think he has been on the defensi...

Spending money, coming back to the beaches that are now cleaner than they probably have ever been in decades. all of the tourism officials say not only is it better than the last year oil spill summer of 2010, they are all time record numbers. >> the numbers we saw in 2011 were the numbers that we were on track to make in 2010, had the spill not occurred. we still lost a year. if you look at the growth curve we have a one year set back, you can never gain a last year. we are pleased with the mom...

It were a victory but the fact is the u.s. commanders on the ground wanted 15 and 25,000 troops to serve as trainers and advisors for iraqis and maybe also to try to get the iranians to keep their hands off. so, how should we look at todays developments? >> this is a major set-back. it truly does jeopardize all of the gains that the united states has made in iraq over the past eight years. i think its largely cedes the region to iran at a time that iran is emboldened because of the power its sho...

It were a victory but the fact is the u.s. commanders on the ground wanted 15 and 25,000 troops to serve as trainers and advisors for iraqis and maybe also to try to get the iranians to keep their hands off. so, how should we look at todays developments? >> this is a major set-back. it truly does jeopardize all of the gains that the united states has made in iraq over the past eight years. i think its largely cedes the region to iran at a time that iran is emboldened because of the power its sho...

The obama administration this week approved two loan guarantees totalling $1 billion necessary solar projects in arizona and nevada. this despite questions about its role in funding the solar panel manufacturer to the tune of a half billion dollars. the collapse is now being used by republicans as evidence of waistful spending on clean energy and an investigation into why that loan was restructured just as they were about to go under. good afternoon, eric. >> good afternoon. >> how much of a set...

Welcome back to "news nation." giving up his post, why lamar alexander is stepping down as leader of the confronts. new set back, two americans jailed in iran. they hit another snag in the bid for freedom. a new study shows how facebook created hundreds of thousands of jobs and added billions to the u.s. economy. plus crowning achievement. miss universe joins us live a week after her big win. lovely lady. and a surprise from republican senator lamar alexander of tennessee. the third-ranking repu...

pacific. now my take. the european crisis you have been reading about in the newspapers is worth watching carefully. it has now morphed into something much bigger than a european crisis. it could batter the entire global economy which is pretty fragile anyway. you read a lot about greece. the real problem is italy. you see, greece is a nano state and makes up 2% of the european unions gross domestic problem. italy is one of the seven or eight largest economies in the world. its debts...

Mistakes but learning from the mistakes is the key to the great image that a president seeks. right now, we have yet another stalemate over creating jobs. not god for the folks. and thats the memo. now for the top story tonight. very interesting back and forth between laura ingraham and nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd on the radio. it all began with mr. todd explaining an nbc poll on the president. >> one important number that our pollsters say is in there is this idea long-term se...

inside a hospital in somalia to remind us that they arent statistics, they are people in pain. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room". after weeks of blatant political flirting, the texas governor rick perry is now ready to commit. cnn has learned he will major a formal campaign announce mementd our new poll, jim, shows he will be very competitive. >> thats right. he comes in the top tier, wolf, youre right, rick perry, according to a source close to the governor has told cnn t...

Just give those to the republicans, the republicans have dropped 20 points in that district. they won that seat in the last election in 2010 by about -- >> 74%. >> this is by any measure a huge set back in that district on this issue. and it seems to me its one of those districts that speaks to a lot of america. its western new york. it seems like that is a translatable campaign to at least 25 to 50 districts out there that you could succeed in. >> lawrence, this is the 426th worst district for ...